2019 PokerStars APPT Korea

₩1,800,000 APPT Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 PokerStars APPT Korea

Final Results
Winner
Sparrow Cheung
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
198,100,000 KRW
Event Info
Buy-in
1,800,000 KRW
Prize Pool
912,983,400 KRW
Entries
581
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000

Celina Lin Eliminated in 22nd Place (₩5,500,000) ($4,847)

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Celina Lin
Celina Lin

Jiang Chen opened from the button, Celina Lin all in for 420,000 and Chen called the all in, players turned over their hands.

Celina Lin: {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Jiang Chen: {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

According to Ching Wei Chen the board ran out {k-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} and Chen's pair of kings took down the pot, eliminating the PokerStars Ambassador from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Jiang Chen cn
Jiang Chen
2,050,000
340,000
340,000
Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
Busted

Tags: Celina LinChing Wei ChenJiang Chen

Yuri Ishida Eliminated in 23rd Place (₩5,500,000) ($4,847)

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
yuri Ishida
yuri Ishida

Mengdian Peng moved all in from the small blind and Yuri Ishida called for her remaining 150,000 stack, players turned over their hands.

Yuri Ishida: {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Mengdian Peng: {q-Spades}{7-Clubs}

The board ran out {k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{8-Spades}{9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and Peng's rivered straight took down the pot, sending Ishida out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Mengdian Peng cn
Mengdian Peng
1,150,000
345,000
345,000
Yuri Ishida jp
Yuri Ishida
Busted

Tags: Mengdian PengYuri Ishida

Yifan Zhang Eliminated in 24th Place (₩5,500,000) ($4,847)

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Yifan Zhang
Yifan Zhang

Konstantin Pogodin opened to 52,000 in late position, Yifan Zhang moved all in for his remaining 70,000 on the button and Wenwei Chen pushed over the top from the small blind to 515,000. Pogodin called and all three turned over their hands.

Yifan Zhang: {a-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Wenwei Chen: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Konstantin Pogodin: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {5-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Spades}{a-Diamonds} and Chen's big slick held on to take down both pots, eliminating Zhang and doubling through Pogodin.

Player Chips Progress
Wenwei Chen cn
Wenwei Chen
1,350,000
1,180,000
1,180,000
Konstantin Pogodin ru
Konstantin Pogodin
560,000
40,000
40,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Yifan Zhang cn
Yifan Zhang
Busted

Tags: Konstantin PogodinWenwei ChenYifan Zhang

Shota Shimizu Eliminated in 25th Place (₩5,020,000) ($4,424)

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Shota Shimizu
Shota Shimizu

Mengdian Peng opened and Shota Shimizu moved all in for 363,000. Peng called and the players turned over their hand with Shimizu at risk.

Shota Shimizu: {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Mengdian Peng: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {j-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{9-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and Peng's cowboys held on for the pot, eliminating Shimizu from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Mengdian Peng cn
Mengdian Peng
805,000
465,000
465,000
Shota Shimizu jp
Shota Shimizu
Busted

Tags: Mengdian PengShota Shimizu

Yakai Li Eliminated in 26th Place (₩5,020,000) ($4,424)

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Yakai Li
Yakai Li

Yakai Li moved all in for his last 164,000 from late position, Celina Lin called in the cutoff and Huidong Gu moved all in from the big blind. Lin folded and the two players turned over their hands.

Yakai Li: {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Huidong Gu: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and Gu's aces held on for the pot, eliminating Li from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Huidong Gu mo
Huidong Gu
985,000
535,000
535,000
Yakai Li hk
Yakai Li
Busted

Tags: Celina LinHuidong GuYakai Li

Tetsuya Enoki Eliminated in 27th Place (₩5,020,000) ($4,424)

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Tetsuya Enoki
Tetsuya Enoki

The flop was showing {q-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{j-Spades} and there was around 140,000 in the pot. Jiang Chen bet and before he could even push it in Tetsuya Enoki moved all in for 684,000.

Chen snap-called and immediately stood up from his chair as the two turned over their hands. Enoki turned over {k-Spades}{9-Spades} for a flush draw with some straight outs and Chen tabled {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs} for a flopped set of fives.

The {q-Clubs} fell on the turn and Enoki was now drawing dead to the {7-Clubs} river. Chen scooped in the monster pot and eliminated Enoki out during the process of doing so.

Player Chips Progress
Jiang Chen cn
Jiang Chen
1,810,000
690,000
690,000
Tetsuya Enoki jp
Tetsuya Enoki
Busted

Tags: Jiang ChenTetsuya Enoki

Huang Holds on with Aces Against Song

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Xinglong Huang
Xinglong Huang

Xinglong Huang opened and Han Song moved all in for around 205,000. Huang snap-called for his remaining 188,000 and the players turned over their hands.

Xinglong Huang: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Han Song: {q-Spades}{10-Spades}

The flop came down {9-Hearts}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs} and Song picked up a straight draw. The was a {2-Clubs} and Huang was still ahead with his bullets. A {9-Diamonds} hit the felt on the river and Huang held on with his aces for a full double up through Song, leaving him with just crumbs.

Player Chips Progress
Xinglong Huang cn
Xinglong Huang
435,000
5,000
5,000
Han Song cn
Han Song
17,000
-273,000
-273,000

Tags: Han SongXinglong Huang

Soyza Spikes the River Against Jin

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Michael Soyza
Michael Soyza

Michael Soyza opened to 18,000 from under the gun, Yongxun Jin three-bet to 35,000 and Soyza called. The flop came down {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, Soyza checked to Jin who bet 30,000 and Soyze check-called.

The dealer turned over a {9-Hearts} as the turn card and both players checked to the {10-Clubs} on the river. Soyza moved all in for 145,000 and Jin took just a couple of seconds before he called the bet.

Jin tabled {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} for a pair of aces and Soyza turned over {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for broadway on the river, which was more than good enough to scoop in the pot for a full double up.

Player Chips Progress
Yongxun Jin cn
Yongxun Jin
675,000
-168,000
-168,000
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
435,000
35,000
35,000

Tags: Michael SoyzaYongxun Jin

Okada Busts to Lew

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Ken Okada
Ken Okada

The stone-cold money bubble has been reached as Ken Okada has vanished from table nine. Randy Lew, who final-tabled this event one year ago, suddenly sits behind a massive stack despite having dropped to 22,000 earlier in the day.

According to Lew, Okada went broke preflop with {j-Spades}{j-Hearts} against his {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} for around 150,000 and found no help to bow out just shy of the money.

Player Chips Progress
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
705,000
380,000
380,000
Ken Okada jp
Ken Okada
Busted

Tags: Ken OkadaRandy Lew

Double Knockout for Pu

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Weiran Pu
Weiran Pu

Weiran Pu raised to 9,000 and Valeriy Pak called to see Yueyang Zhou in the cutoff jam and the button reshove for more than 120,000. Pu looked them both up and Pak folded {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}.

Yueyang Zhou: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Button: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Weiran Pu: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

The board came {q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades} and Pu scored the double knockout.

"This is the graveyard table, we already lost ten players," Celina Lin chimed in. Michael Soyza on the same table now has a new big stack to fear, as Pu has jumped well above half a million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Weiran Pu cn
Weiran Pu
650,000
255,000
255,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
480,000
50,000
50,000
Valeriy Pak uz
Valeriy Pak
66,000
-9,000
-9,000
Yueyang Zhou cn
Yueyang Zhou
Busted

Tags: Celina LinMichael SoyzaValeriy PakWeiran PuYueyang Zhou